Said Dolphins LB Dannell Ellerbe of being tied for eighth in the league in red zone defense, “It means that’s we’re doing something all right, but we’re eight steps from where we want to be because we want to be No. 1.”

Raiders coach Dennis Allen says his team hasn’t quit: “When you watch us play and you watch us work every day, there is absolutely nothing that would give me any indication that there is anybody in that locker room that has any give up in them. I’ve said this from the very beginning, and I still believe this: I like this football team.”

One San Diego columnist says talk that the Chargers could be a playoff team is “silly.”

The 1990s Cowboys offensive line was the subject of the latest installment of NFL Network’s A Football Life.

The Giants’ Super Bowl odds have gone from 22-1 before the season to 250-1 now.

Said Eagles defensive coordinator Bill Davis of LB Connor Barwin, “Connor makes the scheme go. I move him around multiple spots. He’s on the outside on the right, outside on the left, he’s inside . . . The position is called the ‘Jack'; the ‘Jack of all trades’ is what it was originally named.”